## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/43/078f1-4343d3ed.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078f1.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=d4753fed)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11863:side-stepping-the-charter-wesson-s-murky-self-appointment-as-cd-7-caretaker&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ Side-Stepping the Charter: Wesson’s Murky Self-Appointment as CD 7 Caretaker ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11863:side-stepping-the-charter-wesson-s-murky-self-appointment-as-cd-7-caretaker&catid=312) According to Section 409 of the Charter, there are two -- and only two -- ways that vacancies on the City Council can be filled: by appointment or by special election. In both cases, according to Section 407, only individuals who live… ### More Coverage - [LA Community and Developer Caruso Struggle with Caruso’s ‘Dream Project’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11861:la-community-and-developer-caruso-struggle-with-caruso-s-dream-project&catid=312) - [Hahn’s Pretzel Logic on Illegal Cash Grab](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11860:hahn-s-pretzel-logic-on-illegal-cash-grab&catid=312) - [Dems: Feeling Good about Doing Nothing … for California’s Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11859:dems-feeling-good-about-doing-nothing-for-california-s-workers&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/63/078g1-63253b47.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078g1.png&thumbnail=610,365,&hash=9ddae20d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11862:latinos-need-a-national-museum-not&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [Latinos Need a National Museum … Not](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11862:latinos-need-a-national-museum-not&catid=312) LATINO PERSPECTIVE--Should we have a Latino Smithsonian museum? Some think so some others don’t. Congressman Xavier Becerra from Los Angeles said last week that American Latinos aren't reflected in the country's most well known museums. He… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e1/078h1-e1a130a1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078h1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=13d8ee81) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11861:la-community-and-developer-caruso-struggle-with-caruso-s-dream-project&catid=312)### [LA Community and Developer Caruso Struggle with Caruso’s ‘Dream Project’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11861:la-community-and-developer-caruso-struggle-with-caruso-s-dream-project&catid=312) DEEGAN ON LA-Rick Caruso has a long and sentimental history with his property at 333 S. La Cienega Boulevard (currently the site of the shu… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2e/078j1-2efa3492.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078j1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e190df0a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11860:hahn-s-pretzel-logic-on-illegal-cash-grab&catid=312)### [Hahn’s Pretzel Logic on Illegal Cash Grab](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11860:hahn-s-pretzel-logic-on-illegal-cash-grab&catid=312) @THE GUSS REPORT-In any political campaign, there are legions of highly paid professionals who know every nuanced rule about campaign finan… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9b/078k1-9b76462d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078k1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d7123e33) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11859:dems-feeling-good-about-doing-nothing-for-california-s-workers&catid=312)### [Dems: Feeling Good about Doing Nothing … for California’s Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11859:dems-feeling-good-about-doing-nothing-for-california-s-workers&catid=312) LABOR AND ECONOMIC POLITICS-If you’ve been paying attention to the news in California at all for the last year or so, you could be forgiven… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/078l1-06e23e07.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078l1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3fb2c325) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11858:coyotes-are-just-like-hipsters-they-come-to-la-for-the-good-life&catid=312)### [Coyotes are Just Like Hipsters, They Come to LA for the Good Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11858:coyotes-are-just-like-hipsters-they-come-to-la-for-the-good-life&catid=312) ANIMAL WATCH--Everyone in America has a coyote story. Or if you don’t, give it time. You will. The tawny, golden-eyed, sharp-nosed wild do… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/078m1-f1b4a79f.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078m1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8f65eb67) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11857:coastal-commission-watchdogs-come-back-swinging-take-commissioners-to-court&catid=312)### [Coastal Commission Watchdogs Come Back Swinging: Take Commissioners to Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11857:coastal-commission-watchdogs-come-back-swinging-take-commissioners-to-court&catid=312) THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--Earlier this month, I wrote in CityWatch about two bills that would have improved transparency at the Coastal Commissi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/80/078n1-80f5ff7e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078n1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f674d78b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11856:charter-reform-rrr-a-dwp-insider-power-grab-designed-to-deceive-ratepayers&catid=312)### [Charter Reform ‘RRR’ - A DWP Insider Power Grab Designed to Deceive Ratepayers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11856:charter-reform-rrr-a-dwp-insider-power-grab-designed-to-deceive-ratepayers&catid=312) GUEST WORDS, ELECTION 2016--After years of dysfunction from the billing fiasco to mismanagement of our precious water during the drought, A… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fd/077r-fd4275c1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=182d07ba) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11853:cecilia-estolano-why-new-affordable-housing-draws-the-short-straw-in-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Cecilia Estolano: Why New Affordable Housing Draws the Short Straw in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11853:cecilia-estolano-why-new-affordable-housing-draws-the-short-straw-in-los-angeles&catid=312) THE PLANNING REPORT INTERVIEW--Cecilia Estolano, co-founder of Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors, advises public & private sector clients… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4c/077s-4ce87454.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=02558ace) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11852:in-cranes-shadow-los-angeles-strains-to-see-a-future-with-less-sprawl&catid=312)### [In Cranes’ Shadow, Los Angeles Strains to See a Future With Less Sprawl](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11852:in-cranes-shadow-los-angeles-strains-to-see-a-future-with-less-sprawl&catid=312) EDITOR’S PICK--The powerful economic resurgence that has swept Southern California is on display almost everywhere here, visible in the con… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/077c-2522c1fd.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f0319df9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11848:the-politics-of-pettiness&catid=312)### [The Politics of Pettiness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11848:the-politics-of-pettiness&catid=312) THE SNUB RUB--Ah, Council District 5’s so-called representative, Paul Koretz (photo above right), is at it again. As the Daily News reports… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2b/077d-2be919a6.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11346e27) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11847:mr-handal-has-it-wrong-nc-s-are-the-bridges-to-the-city-done-has-become-the-firewall&catid=312)### [Mr. Handal Has it Wrong: NC’s are the Bridges to the City, DONE has Become the Firewall](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11847:mr-handal-has-it-wrong-nc-s-are-the-bridges-to-the-city-done-has-become-the-firewall&catid=312) NC ELECTIONS RE-BOOT-We take issue with “Build Bridges Instead of Firewalls…”, Jay Handal’s CityWatch article that contains his NC Election… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/077e-a1a69743.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b24b0f1c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11846:meet-lorena-gonzalez-the-next-governor-of-california&catid=312)### [Meet Lorena Gonzalez … The Next Governor of California!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11846:meet-lorena-gonzalez-the-next-governor-of-california&catid=312) POLITICS--Not many politicians have risen as fast as Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego. She just scored the 35th spot on Politco M… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/077g-bc7df26b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=00187dfa) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11845:making-education-great-again-must-see-video&catid=312)### [‘Making Education Great Again!’ (Must See Video)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11845:making-education-great-again-must-see-video&catid=312) CHARTER WARS-Oh, edu-friends! Sometimes I can hardly keep a straight face at the forces trying to destroy public education. So, this time… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/077h-f40de03e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=34d5ba21) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11844:listen-up-county-supes-rethink-the-marina-dock-52-project-you-are-the-people-s-voice&catid=312)### [Listen Up County Supes! Rethink the Marina Dock 52 Project, You are the People’s Voice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11844:listen-up-county-supes-rethink-the-marina-dock-52-project-you-are-the-people-s-voice&catid=312) LOS ANGELES COUNTY--One of these Tuesdays the LA County Board of Supervisors plans to vote on whether to grant a 60-year lease to MDR Boat… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/35/077i-355682a8.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=39c7d293) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11843:it-s-called-a-bonin-and-it-s-destroying-los-angeles-as-we-know-it&catid=312)### [It’s Called a ‘Bonin’ and It’s Destroying Los Angeles as We Know It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11843:it-s-called-a-bonin-and-it-s-destroying-los-angeles-as-we-know-it&catid=312) EASTSIDER-Every so often I forget that there is City Hall villainy over and beyond the Northeast’s very own trio of Jose Huizar, Gilbert Ce… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6a/077j-6a2965e5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cee26016) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11842:getting-to-the-game-how-to-make-the-rams-fans-winners&catid=312)### [Getting to the Game: How to Make the Rams (Fans) Winners](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11842:getting-to-the-game-how-to-make-the-rams-fans-winners&catid=312) SPORTS POLITICS--You may have heard that the National Football League’s Rams are back in Los Angeles. The football is no doubt exciting, bu… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/077k-83372961.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=41c207c7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11841:exposed-powerful-la-developer-may-bulldoze-historic-amoeba-music-building&catid=312)### [Exposed! Powerful LA Developer May Bulldoze Historic Amoeba Music Building](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11841:exposed-powerful-la-developer-may-bulldoze-historic-amoeba-music-building&catid=312) VOX POP-Last week, Los Angeles music fans were shocked to learn that development firm GPI Companies may demolish the Amoeba Music building… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/077m-f5238afc.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fb9886ea) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11840:ignorance-is-bliss-everybody-talks-about-development-few-know-what-it-is&catid=312)### [Ignorance is Bliss: Everybody Talks about Development, Few Know What It Is](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11840:ignorance-is-bliss-everybody-talks-about-development-few-know-what-it-is&catid=312) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-A reporter’s question about real estate trends in Los Angeles led me to ask and hopefully answer two questions. Q: W… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/077o-df2fadcb.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=54a52c7e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11838:city-hall-good-liars-bad-service&catid=312)### [City Hall: Good Liars, Bad Service](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11838:city-hall-good-liars-bad-service&catid=312) RANTZ & RAVEZ--Did the City of Los Angeles ever promise to provide you with efficient and timely service? Since preparing the RantZ a… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2e/077p-2e3f81c3.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/077p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bc4cf101) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11837:an-uncalled-for-question&catid=312)### [An Uncalled for Question](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11837:an-uncalled-for-question&catid=312) GELFAND’S WORLD--It's that time of year when the new neighborhood council members are trying to learn the ropes. Some do admirably well. 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